Well, we can tell you what we've heard.
True! But they were (allegedly) heading towards it being AIDS - hence the explanation.
And, yes, there were other ways. Including it being just a cough. (I hate how every fictional character who gets a cough is automatically dying! I've had coughs for weeks, and I'm not dead yet!)
They explained Aurora with, it affected her psychologically - he got 'dying of a cold', she got split personality.
Issues 13 and 14, Epic Comics, 1986. Definitely Richard and Wendy Pini.
I've heard bad stuff about some of the later series, and I'm not sure that's only from you.
No, but the association is there.
~ Le Messor
"Confusion not only reigns, it pours."
~ Unknown